Tipi

/[ˈtiːpi]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,466

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Tipi is aGermannoun. It means: kegelförmiges, spitzes und aus Stangen gebautes Zelt der nordamerikanischen Prärieindianer, das mit Leder, Rinde, Matten oder Fellen bedeckt wird oder stoffbespannt ist Pronounced [ˈtiːpi].

Key facts for Tipi
PropertyValue
HeadwordTipi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtiːpi]
Letters4
Frequency rank#57,466
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Tipi in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tipi is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtiːpi]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,466 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kegelförmiges, spitzes und aus Stangen gebautes Zelt der nordamerikanischen Prärieindianer, das mit Leder, Rinde, Matten oder Fellen bedeckt wird oder stoffbespannt ist".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tipi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Tipi, spelled T-I-P-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kegelförmiges, spitzes und aus Stangen gebautes Zelt der nordamerikanischen Prärieindianer, das mit Leder, Rinde, Matten oder Fellen bedeckt wird oder stoffbespannt ist

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #57,466 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tipi"?
"Tipi" is spelled T-I-P-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtiːpi].
What does "Tipi" mean?
As a noun, "Tipi" means: kegelförmiges, spitzes und aus Stangen gebautes Zelt der nordamerikanischen Prärieindianer, das mit Leder, Rinde, Matten oder Fellen bedeckt wird oder stoffbespannt ist
How do you pronounce "Tipi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tipi" is [ˈtiːpi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tipi" come from?
"Tipi" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.